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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300)BETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.

Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
201 Stephen Chbosky $521,757,113 2 $260,878,557
202 Jack Epps, Jr. $505,970,993 6 $84,328,499
203 Mike Myers $505,277,656 4 $126,319,414
204 Rob Letterman $503,868,872 3 $167,956,291
205 Steve Koren $503,000,077 5 $100,600,015
206 Robert Ben Garant $498,752,696 7 $71,250,385
207 Richard LaGravenese $497,836,067 15 $33,189,071
208 Evan Daugherty $497,289,404 5 $99,457,881
209 Scott Silver $493,004,994 5 $98,600,999
210 Cary Joji Fukunaga $492,347,323 4 $123,086,831
211 Will Ferrell $490,563,420 6 $81,760,570
212 J.K. Rowling $489,444,320 3 $163,148,107
213 Bill Condon $488,241,502 10 $48,824,150
214 Susannah Grant $486,796,838 8 $60,849,605
215 Victoria Strouse $486,295,561 3 $162,098,520
216 Geneva Robertson $485,080,642 2 $242,540,321
217 Bob Gale $483,179,196 7 $69,025,599
218 John Lee Hancock $482,678,697 7 $68,954,100
219 Meg LeFauve $479,548,831 4 $119,887,208
220 Adam Sztykiel $478,664,756 7 $68,380,679
221 Jared Stern $475,939,272 6 $79,323,212
222 Max Borenstein $474,145,144 6 $79,024,191
223 Edgar Wright $471,865,302 8 $58,983,163
224 William Goldman $470,383,681 16 $29,398,980
225 David Reynolds $470,159,943 3 $156,719,981
226 Cameron Crowe $466,152,872 10 $46,615,287
227 Paul Rudd $464,151,858 3 $154,717,286
228 Jac Schaeffer $462,246,877 2 $231,123,439
229 Herschel Weingrod $461,553,579 7 $65,936,226
230 Baz Luhrmann $461,273,671 6 $76,878,945
231 Dan Aykroyd $461,027,219 7 $65,861,031
232 Gilbert Taylor $460,998,007 1 $460,998,007
233 Michael Goldenberg $460,447,676 5 $92,089,535
234 Mark Fergus $455,210,449 4 $113,802,612
235 Hawk Ostby $455,210,449 4 $113,802,612
236 James DeMonaco $452,470,090 10 $45,247,009
237 Danny McBride $452,174,374 8 $56,521,797
238 Richard Curtis $450,758,111 12 $37,563,176
239 Jim Herzfeld $449,748,741 3 $149,916,247
240 Carl Gottlieb $444,498,106 5 $88,899,621
241 Craig Pearce $442,925,932 6 $73,820,989
242 David O. Russell $441,880,838 9 $49,097,871
243 Tab Murphy $440,619,709 4 $110,154,927
244 Phil Hay $440,593,178 8 $55,074,147
245 Allan Loeb $438,893,406 11 $39,899,401
246 Kurt Johnstad $438,781,762 6 $73,130,294
247 Anna Boden $437,103,868 5 $87,420,774
248 Ryan Fleck $437,103,868 5 $87,420,774
249 Emily Carmichael $436,725,605 2 $218,362,803
250 Joe Carnahan $435,720,075 11 $39,610,916
251 Joel Cohen $434,932,217 5 $86,986,443
252 Alec Sokolow $434,932,217 6 $72,488,703
253 James V. Hart $434,594,163 7 $62,084,880
254 Stephany Folsom $434,038,008 1 $434,038,008
255 Garth Jennings $433,120,035 2 $216,560,018
256 John-Henry Butterworth $432,846,374 6 $72,141,062
257 Sam Raimi $431,816,205 6 $71,969,368
258 Leigh Whannell $431,324,037 12 $35,943,670
259 Scott Derrickson $429,170,130 6 $71,528,355
260 Dean Georgaris $428,203,190 6 $71,367,198
261 Skip Woods $427,203,391 6 $71,200,565
262 Fred Wolf $427,066,282 10 $42,706,628
263 Justin Haythe $426,468,747 7 $60,924,107
264 Randall Wallace $425,014,317 5 $85,002,863
265 Charles Shyer $424,222,617 8 $53,027,827
266 Jay Scherick $423,227,552 5 $84,645,510
267 David Ronn $423,227,552 5 $84,645,510
268 David Benioff $422,784,217 7 $60,397,745
269 Marc Lawrence $422,644,736 10 $42,264,474
270 Mel Gibson $421,649,565 4 $105,412,391
271 Robert Smigel $418,031,995 4 $104,507,999
272 Michael Bacall $417,850,179 6 $69,641,697
273 Dan Harris $415,069,694 2 $207,534,847
274 Peter Ackerman $414,618,186 3 $138,206,062
275 James L. Brooks $414,079,077 5 $82,815,815
276 Michael Waldron $411,331,607 1 $411,331,607
277 Bob Fisher $409,928,610 4 $102,482,153
278 Suzanne Collins $408,010,692 1 $408,010,692
279 Matt Manfredi $406,974,323 7 $58,139,189
280 Jason Hall $404,034,316 3 $134,678,105
281 Aline Brosh McKenna $403,755,732 7 $57,679,390
282 Matthew Michael Carnahan $403,299,354 9 $44,811,039
283 Will Gluck $402,930,115 6 $67,155,019
284 Mark Burton $402,475,676 8 $50,309,460
285 Michael J. Wilson $401,862,413 3 $133,954,138
286 Michael Berg $401,772,256 3 $133,924,085
287 Jeb Stuart $401,757,726 9 $44,639,747
288 Katie Dippold $401,437,626 5 $80,287,525
289 C. Robert Cargill $398,593,008 5 $79,718,602
290 Kiel Murray $398,074,252 4 $99,518,563
291 Bob Tzudiker $396,575,638 4 $99,143,910
292 Noni White $396,575,638 4 $99,143,910
293 Brendan O'Brien $395,860,596 8 $49,482,575
294 Tom J. Astle $394,909,276 4 $98,727,319
295 Taika Waititi $392,272,468 7 $56,038,924
296 Yoni Brenner $392,175,148 3 $130,725,049
297 Kurt Wimmer $391,405,982 11 $35,582,362
298 Richard Price $389,559,418 12 $32,463,285
299 Ralph Wright $387,843,000 4 $96,960,750
300 Patrick Casey $386,996,779 3 $128,998,926

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.